Acts 16:25
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
זָמַר
zâmar
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →זָמַר zâmar
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
Study H2167 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →Παῦλος Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Study G3972 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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